Here’s another example of a serious documentary being shot on an iPhone: The thing that baffles me about this – or, at least, which isn’t made clear in the video – is why, once you go to the hassle of…
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A collection of 17 posts
The irresistible rise of vertical video
Maybe I am finally getting old, but this change depresses me: According to several app makers and media companies, many of the world’s video consumers don’t seem to think vertical videos are wrong — in fact, a lot of…
Quartz gets serious about experimenting with video
Interesting [announcement from Quartz editor Kevin Delaney, explaining why the business site is about to get serious about video: We’re now entering into video production, with a small team of experienced digital video journalists experimenting ambitiously with new formats,…
Nice example of news video shot on a phone
Here’s a nice example of a reporting video shot using a phone from Auntie Beeb. Note how he uses the phone’s mobility to give a sense of environment, and keeping himself in shot and the central point helps…
Video: forget about the kit, think about the content
Years ago, I was obsessed with the fact that journalists focus on kit quality over content quality when it comes to doing multimedia work. Nothing I’ve done in the last couple of years has suggested to me that this…
Shooting a video? Use a DSLR
That was quite a week – only three working days, marking to finish, four separate lectures or workshops and a whole day’s filming. No wonder I haven’t been posting. Now, about that filming. Several years back, as still cameras…
What Journalists need to know about Instagram Video
Two things: Don’t read any more posts with headlines like this one – because nobody really knows yet Get out there, experiment with it and find your own uses for it. Here’s why: Social media tools like this take…
Video test: Nokia Lumia 920
I have in my possession, for the time being, a Nokia Lumia 920, courtesy of some work I’m doing for Brilliant Noise. It’s a robust, elegant phone, with an interesting OS, and some excellent optics. It’s been…